Brassiere



I. GLADSTON E c&. 21 1924.

BRASSIERE Filed Nov. 5, 1923 nvahtoz [M zadaione 33kt itel" flfliozme M Patented Oct. 21, 1924.

UNITE ST FATE IDA GLADSTONE, NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Application filed November 3, 1923. Serial No. 672,461.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IDA GLADSTONE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Brassieres, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a brassiere such as is worn by women for the support of the bust, and has for its object to provide an article of this character which will support the bust firmly under all conditions of use; which will be of simple construction; which will prevent irritation and chafing from perspiration, especially in warm weather, and which will, by reason of its construction, be of especial use to stout persons.

A further object of this invention is to provide an article of this character which will keep the breasts of the wearer separated and will tend to avoid irritation and chafing sometimes caused when brassieres of the conventional form are worn.

With these objects, and such other objects as may hereinafter appear, in view, I have devised the particular arrangement of parts set forth below, and more particularly pointed out in the claim appended hereto.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, m which Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing my improved brassiere as it appears when in use; I

Figure 2 is a\ view of the inner face of the brassiere;

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows; and

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts.

In the preferred embodiment of my in-' vention, as disclosed in the accompanying drawing, 1 indicates the body of the garment, which is in the conventional form and which is suitably shaped to fit thebody of the wearer. The body portion 1 is provided with the usual shoulder straps for the support of the garment, and also with conventional closure means at its edgesconsisting of the hooks 3 which are intended to detachably engage with the eyes on the opposite edge of the body. The eyes just referred to are indicated at 4 in Figure 2.

The inner face of the body portion 1 is provided with suitable bust pockets 5 which are located on opposite sides of the center line of the garment, and which are of suflicient fullness and capacity to receive and support the breasts of the wearer and hold the same separated. The pockets 5 are secured to the body of the garment by the stitching 6. Y 7

Located on the center line of the garment, and at a point intermediate of the pockets 5, is an elastic strip 7, which is secured for a portion of its length, to the body of the garment by the stitching 8. The lower, or free end of the strip terminates in a loop 10 which holds a fastening plate 11 which is intended for attachment to any article of wearing apparel worn by the wearer, so that the brassiere will be held down snugly on the wearer and the strip 7 will be held under tension.

The upper end of the body 1, of the garment, is formed in a plurality of gatherings or shirrings, as at 9 at the upper end of the strip 7 and intermediate of the pockets 5. The stitches 8 form these shirrings, and when tension is placed upon the strip 10, it tends to draw down the slurred portion 9 and causes the upper part of the 'brassiere to snugly follow the curvature of the body and suitably confines the breasts of the wearer with resilient pressure.

The pressure exerted by the elastic member or strip 7 at the upper central portlon of the garment and between the bust pockets 5 tends to retain the breasts of the wearer in separated position under all conditions of wear and prevents irritation of the same caused by chafing.

The gathering or shirring of the garment at the point disclosed also provides fullness at the breast portions such as is,

required to enable the garment to fit the wearer properly.

From the foregoing, it is obvious that my invention is not to be restricted to the exactembodiment shown, but is broad enough to cover all structures coming within the scope of the annexed claim.

Having described my invention, what I claim is An article of the class described comprising a brassiere having a pair of spaced. said pockets and the free end of said strip bust pockets on its inner face, an elastic having means for attachment to the ap- 10 dividing strip extending transversely of the parel of the wearer to hold said strip under brassiere and intermediate of said bust tension and cause the garmentto snugly 5 pockets, said strip being fixedly secured to conform to the wearer.

the inner face of the brassiere, with the Signed at the city, county and State of brassiere gathered 0r shirred adjacent its New York, this30th day of October, 1923. upper end and at a point intermediate of IDA GLADSTONE. 

